Robert w



Wl TNESSES:

R. W. LEE.

FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18. |915.

Patented July 1, .1019.

lill

Elli

will l VW l llhlflllilifl? "W". LEE, G1 BRGKLYN', NEW' '."i'lLlli, SSEGNHL 'W10 PRENE MM'UECTURNG CMPANY, A CORPORATION F DELAWARE.

iiecflcetioii of Letters Patent.

.lppleetion filed November '.l 2.915. Serial No. MMM.

To aZZ `whom if may nom/'am lilo it known-,Hielo l, Bornem' lill. loin, e oiii zen. oi .the United Sintes, :md i'eeident oi? llroollyin county oi' Kings, city and Siete of New York, have invenled Certain neov end useful lmpiiovemenlie in Firelxtinf guishee of which the following :L spoililioetion.

This invention ioleles to e portable lire extinguisher of the type in which :the liquid is expelled by manually opel-Leed ineens und haie for en object the pi'ovision of e simple device which will enable Jhe liquid 'to he diseherged rapidly end in e constant ei'eem Foi' hirthei comprehension o the zeven* tion reieence will he had lao the lollowing;

' description, teken in none eofion willi ec* Ell eompenying drewingy end lo 'lahe e'ipended claim, in which 4he novel features oil the invention me more perticulely eel: fovlh.

yllhe figure in lghe drawing is e vertical seotionel View ol e devioevemhodying the invention. .1

The extinguisher comprises e, cylindrical Teoepeole l,x elosed :nt opposite ends by the heads 2 mid la the laila 1er of which terminates-i in, e nozzle poi-tion 3 through Whioh extends "lill lli the ,discheiigge orifice Passing through the opposile heed Q is e hollow o1' tubular piel-fon rod 5, h2o/ing' en operating handle 6 oo ite exterior end, e etulhng box "l being provided on 'the heed El pieyenl; leelmgige pesi; the rod This; pieton rod surroundelooeely e tube 8 screwed ino 'the disoherge orioe fl end extending et ile opposite end thi'ougijh fthe head Q. A plug oir stopper 9 of suitable material' is secured es hy the pin l0, Wit-hin the end. oli the pie- 'lon rod 5 Wheiie io is ioined to the handle G, 'thie stoppe? being :ide-pied ivo engage end `olose the n iouth of the tube il when the handle ie depressed.

ommunioation between the body of the recepten/ole and the interior othe piston rod is pmvidedby openings ll in the woll of the letter, these peesseg-ee being prefeifelily loomed adjacent the pieton., t y

llhis. pieton, es here shown, eompiisee o. Hooge l2 rigid on the end of Yrod 5, While n, peil' of Washers 13 and le :nre olofmped lio-- tween the flange l2 sind o dish .l5 by the Screws i6. Wifzishel 13 hee :mi :mnnhu l'lmige lll engaging the inimioi-well oi the ieeephielo l while waehei llt hes e similar ll engaging-- the tube 8. Extending through the heed 3 to the epeee between "the .letter end 'the pieton is en oir vent 17. lfli'ovieion is Inside for `lilling the ieii-xpeele through en opening 19 in, the hea-d 2, which, opening-may be closed 'hy the soiew plng.

In the use oi ehe device the hoodie ie de pressed to ite normal poeiutionJ shown in the drawing, in which position the piston ie :adjacent the discharge enoVfl end the 'receplnole filled, the piston moslim-eilig the bottom of the liquid holding' poiflziou of the reeepiteole; i Y

When the liquid ie lio he disohei'ged the handle is ietrected sind :Le the piston. moi/eo the liefeid forced thi'ough the openings lll into the pisigon rod -ond thongh the lzi'ihe S lao iihe discharge orifice l, the initial moi/e" ment; of the handle missing' the stopper 9 from the monlh of the miie ll ,lib will he apparent that with lhe above described construction the device is ieedy for instant use end the liquid een he forced ropidly and in e steady stream from `the weep-- heele sind hhuit ehe led/ei? een he hopla :filled Without any inoonvenience from projecting parte.

l Gleim: l

lo e, device oli lille Gloss desoirihed, iii ooior hinetion., e eylindi'ieel receptacle provided el; one end with diseherge nozzle end im air inlet, eeid ieeeplfeoleforming e, pieion cylinder end edepled lo eonleiii all. ol the liquid lo he discharged, e pieton posilzioned therein end noii'oelly standing editi/oeuil the dieeheige end of .ee-id receptacle when the earne is filled with alle liquid, :the` liquid heingr held between seid piel/on endllhe eppoi site o1" handle end ol the recepteohe, e hollow piston Tod yconnected eh one od' ho seid piston end pievided'wiih opemiige eldia/oeuil, the piston' through which the liquid passes fron Seid receptacle, seid pieton iod extend 'ino4r through the opposihe end of the reoepheele and being' provided eeleriorly thereof with a, handle by means of which the piston is moved from its normal position at the discharge end of the receptacle lo the opyosi lqui lllolieiiled lolly il, will@ i lili Mill

Milli :md vxundinp; through me 111mm :md in- 'terimfly' of the hoow piston rod to the. Landia end thcico'f und pl'oividinp,l therewith :1 pawn-go, fuif the, liquid from the receptm'lc tu Ithe nozzle when the piston is moved from the discharge end-t0 the, opposite end of the receptacle, said air inlet admitting uil' from the exim-im' thereof dilcctly to the interior Space in thu rmpxll :uid pslmi cylinder between the piston :1nd discharge und 10 thereof.

Signed at city, county :md Stute of New York, this V15th day of Novcu'ubm, 1,915.

ROBERT WV. LEI". 

